Anchor-post.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

R. WILTSE.

ANCHOR POST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2a, 1995.

Witnesses- Inventor m RICHARD W'ILTSE, OF GRAND JUNCTION, IOWA.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed January 28, 1905. Serial No. 243,590.

`of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Anchor-Post, `of, which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide an anchor-post of simple, durable, and in'- expensive construction which can be easily diiven into the ground-surface at any desired angle relative thereto and in which post there is an anchor having two arms which can be adjusted vertically of the post by means of a crank, so that the anchorcan be firmly fixed inthe ground after the post has been driven, and, further, to provide a device of this class in which the anchor can be withdrawn to a position inside of the post, makingv it more easy to remove the post.

A further object'is to provide a device of this class to which a cable or wire may be easily attached which is designed to be atr tached at its other end to a telephone, telegraph, or other post.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichthe openings 13 extending' thuI gli it.

position at their inner liiiiit of movement;

and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the post position in the ground and the crank in position for moving the anchor so that the arms will be in their extended position. This view also shows the archer-post connected with a telephone or telegraph post. Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference-numerals and 11 to indicate the frontand bach portion of the post, which parte are coiuicctclv at 'their upper ends by the top portie-u it?, havnig The lower portion of the parts 10 and 11 are connected with each other by means of the sides 14 and 15. Connecting these sides is the tl-shaped lower end having the parte 16 and 17 therein. `Between the parts 14 and 16v there is an opening 18, and between the parts and 17 there is anopening 19, in

which the anchor-arms, hereinafter d escribed, are designed to move.- The above I have termed the body portion" of the post for the sake of convenience. Connecting the parts 1() and 11 and slightly below the central portion thereof is an anchor-post 20, having a screw-threaded opening in its central portion. Mounted in this support is a screw-threaded shaft 21, havingra squared upper end 22 and having the screw-threaded portion 23 thereon. The screw-threaded portion 23 is designed to coact with the screw-threaded portion of the anchorsupport 2() to maintain the shaft in any position of its vertical movement.

Rotatably mounted at the lower end of the shaft 2-1 is an arm-supporting lug 24, which lug 24 is held against vertical movement relative to the shaft 21 by means of the keys 25 and 26. Pivotally attached to the lug 24 by means of the pivot 27 'are the anchor-arms 28 and 29, which are designed when in their extended position to hold the post in position in the ground. These anchorarms when at their inner limit of movement have their lower ends extending partially through the openings 18 and 19, and as the shaft 21 is rotated in one direction the arms will be forced downwardly and out through the openings 18 and 19 and into the position shown in Fig. 1. By rotating the shaft 21 in the opposite direction the arms are withdrawn fromk their extended position to the position shown in Fig. 2... I have provided a crank-shaft 30, having a squared head 31 therein which is designed to fit over the squared u per end 22 of the shaft 21. This crank-sha t is so constructed that its lower .end can be inserted through the opening 13 and the head 31 can be placed on the head 22 of the shaft '21, which may be operated easily by the crank-shaft 30. i u

In practical operation the anchor-post fis Vdriven into the ground-surface at the desired angle, with the anchor-arms at their inner limit of movement. When the post has been driven, the crank-shaft 30 is placed in the potated by'means of this crank-shaft 3() and the arms 28 and 29- are forced into the position shown in Fig.V 1, so that the anchor-post will be preventedL from drawing out of the ground. The crankshaft 31 is then removed. A wire or cable is attached to the anchor-post and to the post which the` anchor-post and the wire cable are designed t0 -sition shown in Fig. 3 'and the shaft 21 is rosupport. Whenever it is designed to remove the anchorpost, the 'crank-shaft' is again brought into use and the arms are withdrawn from their extended position, thus making it comparatively easy to remove the post from the ound. x

aving thus described my invention, what I claim, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States therefor, is-

1. In an anchor-post, a bodyT portion, aI

shaft rotatably mounted in the bodlyT portion, arms plvotally mounted near the ower end v of said shaft and capable of being moved from a position inside of the post to a position partially outside of the post as the shaft 1s rotated.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a body portion, a shaft mounted in the body ortion and capableof vertical movement t erein, arms pivotally mounted nearthe lower end of said shaft and con- .ble of vertical movement t lerein, arms pivotally mounted near the lower end of said shaft and connected therewith, so arranged that as theshaft is rotated'in one direction the arms may be forced from a position inside of the post to a osition partially outside of the post, and as t e shaft 1s rotated in the opposite direction, the arms may berwithdrawn to a lposition inside of the post, and means for rotating said shaft.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a body portion having a V- shaped lower'end, two openings extending throu h the lower (part of said body portion and a jacent to sai V-shaped portion, a supporting-arm, an anchor-support extending across the interior of said body portion, having a screw-threaded opening therein, a screwthreaded shaft mounted in said anchor-sup port and desi ed to coact with the screwthreaded portion thereof, anchor-arms pivotally mounted near the lower end of said shaft and connected therewith desi ned to work in the openings in the lower en of said body ortion as the shaft is rotated.

5. Ih a device of the class described, the combination of a body portion having a V'- shaped lo'wer end and-two openings extending from the exterior to the interior of said body ortion,*.anchor-arms designed/to Work in' sai openings mounted on thev interior of said body portion, a screw-'threaded shaft, means for supportin said screw -lthreaded shaft on the interior o said body ortion, and .means for rotatably and pivota ly connecting the lower end of said shaft with said arms, for the purposes stated.V A

RICHARD WILTSE. Witnesses:

E. S. HAsEiJrINE, l Q. L. VAN GUNDY. l 

